Jeffrey B Schopperle

D692025, Oct 22, 2013

Apr 24, 2012

29/418986

Gregory Cook - Holliston MA, US
Michael H. Irving - Haverhill MA, US
Jeffrey B. Schopperle - Wakefield MA, US
Mark F. Ingersoll - North Java NY, US

Flow Control LLC - Gloucester MA

1502

D15 7

20110002791, Jan 6, 2011

Apr 7, 2010

12/755766

Humberto Valenzuela Meza - Tustin CA, US
Jeffrey Brian Schopperle - Wakefield MA, US
Jesus Estrada - Chihuahua, MX

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. - Wilmington DE

F04B 49/00
G05D 9/12

417 14, 137 1

A pump system or device is provided for removing water from a pool cover or sump, featuring a controller configured to respond to a signal containing information about the ambient temperature in relation to a pump and to provide a controller signal containing information to control the operation of the pump based at least partly on the ambient temperature. The pumping system or device me be configured to include some combination of the following: temperature sensing, including a Thermistor, to change control logic at temperatures below a specific level (e.g. below 35 degrees F.); the initiation of impeller cycling at low operating temperatures to avoid ice formation in the impeller cavity and/or hose, but not for level sensing; the use of temperature feedback to turn off pump at low temperatures that may result in damage to the system; the addition of control logic to ignore torque increases due to contamination or flow-back Inclusion of soft-start of motor to reduce stress on impeller/motor; the option to connect Garden-style hose with an integral heating element to avoid freezing; a heating element to receive power from the pump via, e.g., a plug connector, where power to the heating element is supplied only when the temperature device is activated at some specified setting; the addition of a temperature sensor to render the pump inoperative if the temperature should fall below a set point (freezing); and/or the use of a field effect level sensor, such that the temperature sensing is substantially independent of the level of sensing device.

20110076168, Mar 31, 2011

Mar 22, 2010

12/728826

Michael Howard IRVING - Haverhill MA, US
Jeffrey Brian SCHOPPERLE - Wakefield MA, US

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC - Wilmington DE

F04B 35/04
H02J 7/00

4174101, 320107

A portable inline pump kit is provided featuring a pump having a fluid output port configured to pump fluid, and having a quick disconnect power input connection to couple the pump to a source of power; a portable battery or battery pack having a power connection to be coupled by wiring to the pump; a connector having a bullet connector to couple to the quick connect power input connection of the pump, and having another bullet connector to couple to the power connection of the portable battery or battery pack; an alligator style battery connector having a bullet connector to couple to the input connection of the pump, and having a pair of alligator style battery clips to couple to terminals of a battery, including a car or boat battery; a cigarette lighter connector having a bullet connector to couple to the power input connection of the pump, and having a cigarette lighter power adapter to be coupled to a remote cigarette lighter in, e.g. a boat, a car; and a carrying case having a top case portion hingeably coupled to a bottom case portion, wherein one case portion is configured to receive, frictionally engage and store one or more of the pump, the portable battery or battery pack, the connector, the alligator style battery connector or the cigarette lighter connector, and wherein the other case portion is configured to receive, frictionally engage and store the one or more of the pump, the portable battery or battery pack, the connector, the alligator style battery connector or the cigarette lighter connector not being stored in the one case portion.

20120148427, Jun 14, 2012

Dec 10, 2010

12/965383

Michael Howard Irving - Haverhill MA, US
Jeffrey Brian Schopperle - Wakefield MA, US

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. - Wilmington DE

F04B 17/03

417411

A rechargeable battery operated solar pump kit is provided to arrange in relation to a rain barrel, comprising comprises a solar panel, an inline submersible pump and a control box. The solar panel responds to solar energy, and provides solar power via an electrical terminal. The inline submersible pump is shaped to pass through an opening of the rain barrel, has a hose to extend out of the opening to discharge the rainwater from the rain barrel, and has a power cord to received electrical power to operate the inline submersible pump. The control box has a housing to contain a pipe fitting, a rechargeable battery, an electrical fitting and an on/off switch. The pipe fitting couples to the hose of the inline submersible pump in order to receive the rainwater being pumped from the rain barrel, and also couples to a garden hose to provide the rainwater being pumped. The rechargeable battery is coupled to the power cord of the inline submersible pump to provide the electrical power. The electrical fitting couples the rechargeable battery to the electrical terminal of the solar panel and receive the solar power in order to recharge the rechargeable battery. The on/off switch couples the rechargeable battery and the power cord of the inline submersible pump to turn the inline submersible pump on/off in order to pump the rainwater.

20130052060, Feb 28, 2013

Nov 18, 2011

13/300174

Humberto V. MEZA - Tustin CA, US
Randall H. MOORMANN - Georgetown MA, US
Mark F. INGERSOLL - North Java NY, US
Jeffrey B. SCHOPPERLE - Wakefield MA, US
Joel A. KENNEY - Beverly MA, US

XYLEM IP HOLDINGS LLC - White Plains NY

F04B 17/03

417411

A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an “ON” position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the “ON” position.

20130309099, Nov 21, 2013

May 16, 2013

13/895719

Jeffrey B. SCHOPPERLE - Wakefield MA, US

F04B 49/06

417 17

Compact, lightweight, battery operated, self-priming, positive displacement pump for storing in a toolbox or tool belt includes an elongated housing having a longitudinal axis, and an inline configuration including a positive displacement pump assembly to respond to a motor assembly drive torque, self-prime, and pump fluid from an input port to an output port, a motor assembly to respond to signaling and provide the motor assembly drive torque, a pump control interconnect assembly to provide the signaling to control the operation of the motor assembly by current based on run dry mode or over current, by time based on a timer set to run for an amount of time, or voltage based on over/under voltage; and a rechargeable battery housing/assembly to respond to recharging signaling and with a rechargeable DC power supply and power control module for providing some combination of inrush, overcharging, over-discharging, short circuit, over current protection.

20200063744, Feb 27, 2020

Sep 3, 2019

16/558858

- BEVERLY MA, US
Jeffrey Brian SCHOPPERLE - Wakefield MA, US

F04D 15/02
F04D 15/00

A pump system or device is provided for removing water from a pool cover or sump, featuring a controller configured to respond to a signal containing information about the ambient temperature in relation to a pump and to provide a controller signal containing information to control the operation of the pump based at least partly on the ambient temperature. The pumping system or device me be configured to include some combination of the following: temperature sensing, including a Thermistor, to change control logic at temperatures below a specific level (e.g. below 35 degrees F.); the initiation of impeller cycling at low operating temperatures to avoid ice formation in the impeller cavity and/or hose, but not for level sensing; the use of temperature feedback to turn off pump at low temperatures that may result in damage to the system; the addition of control logic to ignore torque increases due to contamination or flow-back Inclusion of soft-start of motor to reduce stress on impeller/motor; the option to connect Garden-style hose with an integral heating element to avoid freezing; a heating element to receive power from the pump via, e.g., a plug connector, where power to the heating element is supplied only when the temperature device is activated at some specified setting; the addition of a temperature sensor to render the pump inoperative if the temperature should fall below a set point (freezing); and/or the use of a field effect level sensor, such that the temperature sensing is substantially independent of the level sensing device.